With the win, the Lady Cyclones (8-10-1) will face East No. 3 seed Jonesboro in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Monday.

Sarah Prochazka scored both goals for Russellville. Fifteen minutes into the game, Mary Carol Davis found Prochazka for a goal. The Lady Lions answered 15 minutes later to send the teams into halftime tied at 1-1.

With just 15 minutes left in the game, the Lady Cyclones were called for a penalty in their goalie box to give Searcy a penalty kick. But Russellville goalkeeper Alexa Sotomayor made the save to preserve the tie.

With 4:58 left in the game, defender Lindsey Hefner sent a long ball over the Lady Lions defense and Prochazka raced under it and sent a shot on the goal. The Searcy goalkeeper got her hands on it, but was unable to keep it out of the net, sending the Lady Cyclones to the semifinals.

Russellville 5, Benton 1

EL DORADO -The Russellville Cyclones had little trouble with the No. 1 seed out of the 6A South on Saturday as they beat the Searcy Panthers 5-1 in the quarterfinals of the Class 6A state playoffs in El Dorado.

Austin Buzbee started the scoring for Russellville (15-5-2) with a goal at the 30-minute mark of the first half. Jaime Duarte added a goal at the 21:30 mark and Austin Myers followed with a goal nine minutes later to send the teams into halftime with the Cyclones up 3-0.

"It was 3-0 pretty quick, we came out focused with a pretty good game plan," head coach Jared Fuller said. "Our goal scorers did their job."

Duarte made it a 4-0 game with a goal 18 minutes into the second half. A minute later, Benton finally found the net to crack the scoreboard, but at the 13:34 mark, Myers took a cross pass from Taylor Carnahan and beat the Panthers' goalkeeper for a 5-1 lead.

"We could have done a little better (on defense)," Fuller said. "We had a few scares on corner kicks that we shouldn't have given up, but overall we did pretty well. We really controlled the ball, and the best defense is a good offense."

Russellville will face East No. 2 seed Mountain Home at 6 p.m. Monday in the semifinals.

Softball

Benton blasts Lady Cyclones

SHERWOOD - The Russellville Lady Cyclones ran into a buzzsaw Saturday as they fell 7-1 to the Benton Lady Panthers in the Class 6A state softball playoffs at Sherwood Park.

"They hit the ball really well," head coach Harley Sisson said. "If it wasn't for the wind, they'd have hit a few out. They have a decent pitcher and they're a good team."

Sydney Rupe started but was pulled for Darian Simmons. Rupe took the loss.

Russellville (15-13) scored first on an RBI single by Kayla Sisco that scored Zoey Adkins in the first inning, but Benton took over after that. The loss ends the Lady Cyclones' season.